Karaoke Track: Billy Can't Read by Paul Overstreet (Harris Studios) - Karaoke Nerds

IILLY CAN'T WEED

Ill recorded by

PAUL OVERSTREET

His Mama And His Daddy
Were Very Poor

And They Never
Went To School

Billy Followed
In Their Footsteps
Like A Lot Of Children Do

He Had To Get A Job
To Help Pay The Bills
80 His Younger Brother Ben

Might Go To School
And Learn
To Read And Write

And Maybe He Could
Teach All Of Them

But Billy Can't Read
No Billy Can't Read
But He Gives 2000A)

For The Minimum Wage
That He Receives

Sometimes
He Pretends Like He Can
As He Looks

And He Laughs At The Pictures
In The Funny Books

But It Really Ain't Funny
You See

That Billy Can't Read

Then The Boss Man
Came Around
To Talk To Billy

One Day

He Said, Now Billy
You're The Hardest
Worker I've Got

And You Sure
Deserve More Pay

But The Boss At The Top
Says I Have To Give
Every Foreman

A Written Test

Billy Hung His Head
'Cause He Knew Right Then
He'd Always Have To

Settle For Less

'Cause Billy Can't Read
No Billy Can't Read
But He Gives 2000A)

For The Minimum Wage
That He Receives

Sometimes
He Pretends Like He Can
As He Looks

And He Laughs At The Pictures
In The Funny Books

But It Really Ain't Funny

You See
That Billy Can't Read

Instrumental Break

LHHeBen
Never Took For Granted
All Of His Brother Billy's

Sac ce

Every Night
While The Family Slept
They Would

Sit Up Late
By That Old Lamp Light

Sounding Out
The A's And The E's
And The I's

The 0's And US

Now He's Readin' Everything
From The Cereal Box
To The Bible

Three Times Through

'Cause Billy Can Read
Yeah Billy Can Read
Now The Rest Of His Life

Will Be Different

Because Of The Special Gift
He Received

Now He Don't Have To Act
Like He's Laughin'
As He Looks

At The Silly Pictures
In Those Funny Books

They're As Funny
As They Can Be
Now That Billy Can Read

Yeah His Life
Is Much Better You See
Now That Billy Can Read

Title: Billy Can't Read
Artist: Paul Overstreet
Brand: Harris Studios
(2 Other Versions)
Code: VH119-21
Genres: christian country, country, traditional country